Researchers from UCPH have discovered how MCM proteins protect the human cells against DNA instability, which can cause devastating diseases including cancer.

This year’s Ascending Investigator grants from the Lundbeck Foundation go to 18 brain researchers from all over the country; 10 of them are based at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. Each researcher receives around DKK 5 million for research in neuroscience and the human nervous system.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a sabre-toothed cat.

New research shows that a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle almost cuts the risk of age-related dementia in half.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified new potential drug targets for treatment of epilepsy. In the largest single cell dataset for a brain disease published so far, researchers pinpoint the neurons of the human brain which are most affected by epilepsy.

The Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners (GCHSP) have launched four new research collaborations within multiresistant bacteria, cancer surgery, blood cancer and multi-organ failure. The new Clinical Academic Groups (CAGs) have participation from hospitals and universities and will contribute to faster research implementation.